RTOC continues to grow, highlight nation's elite

2:18 AM,
Dec. 19, 2013

Written by

Duke Ritenhouse
dritenhouse@rgj.com

The Reno Tournament of Champions wresting event was never really a small affair.

It started nearly 20 years ago as a big event. And it's now bigger than ever, with 99 high school and 23 college teams, along with a number of individual wrestlers, scheduled to compete in the 19th annual RTOC this weekend at the Reno Events Center.

More importantly for the event's organizers, it's not just the sheer numbers that make the tournament so special. It's the fact that the RTOC began as the most prestigious high school wrestling event in the country and arguably remains so to the present day. ...